1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
57but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
John 8:21He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Romans 5:12Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, [even] Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:52-58
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the… Read the whole commentary →